"Edited N files": The diff only shows lines added, but not lines removed
Open 💬 2 comments Opened May 24, 2026 by KernelBypass
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.
What version of the IDE extension are you using?
26.519
What subscription do you have?
OpenAI Codex
Which IDE are you using?
VS Code
What platform is your computer?
_No response_
What issue are you seeing?
After the agentic changes to the code, the "Edited N files" UI status only shows lines added, but not lines removed for the file diff.
<img width="620" height="68" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/af0a3efe-758b-471a-80da-44cbfcc210f2" />
<img width="257" height="155" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ca82ea69-bd57-4d84-894e-c01dabeb3e25" />
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Make Codex alter the code in a way that removes some lines
- Observe the UI status only shows lines added
What is the expected behavior?
The red number for lines removed should not be zero.
Additional information
_No response_
2 Comments
Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.
Powered by Codex Action
Different bug, different platform. My report: the subtractive diff not showing up at all.